While it’s still a “he said, she said” situation, leaving us to pick what new details to believe or not, it’s become increasingly clear that Irving did not try to cover up his dissatisfaction with the team.

ESPN’s Dave McMenamin joined Coach Nick, host of “The BBall Breakdown” podcast, where he shared some shocking news about how bad things really got between Irving and his teammates.

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“If you were Phoenix, would you offer [Eric] Bledsoe, [Josh] Jackson and a pick for Kyrie?” Coach Nick asked.

“I’m not sure,” McMenamin said. “Phoenix, of course, hired [former Cavalier] James Jones [as vice president of basketball operations] this offseason. James Jones has been inside that locker room. … He saw Kyrie Irving in the playoffs this year — in between the first round when they beat Indiana and the second round when they played Toronto — go consecutive days without speaking to a teammate at practice. On that stage.

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“It’s one thing for people to go through your ups and down during the regular season, but when you get to the playoffs, the main thing is the main thing, and we’re brothers, and we’re pulling together to get this thing done — even at that level, there were things that made him sullen or reclusive from his teammates.”

This is a very bad look for Irving.

McMenamin summed it up perfectly when he said, “The main thing is the main thing.”

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if you love or hate your teammate, you need to do everything in your power and then some to make sure that your season ends with you holding that championship trophy above your head.